THE ROLE OF KRASTYO KRASTEV AND ALEKSANDER BOZHINOV IN THE LITERARY LIFE OF BULGARIA IN THE END OF XIX AND THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY

Authors

  • Denitsa Mizinska University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria

Keywords:

Aleksander Bozhinov, Bulgaran, Krastyo Krastev, Misal, literature

Abstract

The article examines the cultural situation in Bulgaria in the end of XIX and the beginning of XX century, as well as the role of Dr. Krastyo Krastev and Alexander Bozhinov in the literary life in our country. The emergence of the two literary associations, the goals they set for writing their publications, will be traced and their participation in the construction of the new Bulgarian literature will be analyzed.
After the Liberation, Bulgarian literature entered a new stage of its development. In the first years it is still more of a transition, moving from the Renaissance to the new reality. At the end of the 80s of the XIX century, the themes and motives associated with the national liberation struggles began to give way to everyday worries. New heroes appear - the rich parvenu, the politician, smug and thirsty for "feats" and others. At the turn of the XIX and XX centuries, with the entry of symbolism into Bulgarian literature, a turning point occurred in which collective and national values were replaced by individual humanistic values of the individual. The turning point was formulated by his theorist Dr. Krastev, the first modern Bulgarian critic with a comprehensive literary program aimed at modernizing and Europeanizing Bulgarian literature. The literary circle of the same name was formed around the magazine "Misal" edited by him. His works accept as a basic value for art not social commitment, but the spiritual autonomy of the individual. Their interest is focused on the moral problems of the individual, the psychological and ethical, with special attention paid to folklore as a source of themes and plots.
In the first years of the XX century the first issue of the humorous newspaper "Bulgaran" appeared in the literary space, which soon became one of the most significant humorous publications in the history of Bulgarian culture. The main organizer and author is Alexander Bozhinov, who previously collaborated in various magazines and newspapers, through his political cartoons, supplemented by short poetic or journalistic texts. Bozhinov's understanding of the public critical orientation of art and his absolute political independence made him related to other young artists such as Elin Pelin, Alexander Balabanov, Simeon Radev, Georgi Raichev and others. As a result, another creative circle was formed around the newspaper "Bulgaran", similar to the circle "Misal", which calls itself "Bulgarians", and its name emphasizes the tendency of its representatives, and especially Alexander Bozhinov, to caricature the native relations and manners, by using a variety of comedic forms and genres to comment on flaws, to attack vices with a negative impact on the modernizing community. The phenomenon "Bulgarian", with its essay line, plays no less important role than the magazine "Misal" in the construction of the literary life of Bulgaria.

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2022-03-30

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Mizinska, D. (2022). THE ROLE OF KRASTYO KRASTEV AND ALEKSANDER BOZHINOV IN THE LITERARY LIFE OF BULGARIA IN THE END OF XIX AND THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY. KNOWLEDGE - International Journal , 51(2), 341–345. Retrieved from https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/5069